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{{Short description|Rapid transit system in Warsaw}}
{{Infobox public transit
| name = Warsaw Metro
| image = Warsaw Metro logo.svg
| imagesize = 120px
| image2 = C11 W 26.jpg
| imagesize2 = 300px
| caption2 = [[M2 (Warsaw)|M2]] platform at [[Świętokrzyska metro station|Świętokrzyska]] station
| native_name = {{lang|pl|Metro Warszawskie}}
| owner = City of Warsaw
| locale = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| transit_type = [[Rapid transit]]
| lines = 2 (3 more planned)
| stations = 39
| annual_ridership = 197.3 million (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ztm.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/raport_ZTM_2024.pdf |title=Raport Roczny 2024 |year=2025 |publisher=Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie |page=16 |trans-title=Annual report 2024 |access-date=2025-05-22}}</ref>
| website = {{url|www.metro.waw.pl|Metro Warszawskie}}<br>{{url|https://www.wtp.waw.pl/en/|Warsaw Public Transport}}
| began_operation = 7 April 1995
| ended_operation = 
| operator = Metro Warszawskie
| marks = 
| vehicles = 
| system_length = {{convert|41.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Annual-Report">{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2016/rr2015/rr2015.pdf |title=Raport roczny 2015 |language=pl, en |trans-title=Annual Report 2015 |page=9 |year=2016 |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-date=2016-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824132758/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2016/rr2015/rr2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| track_gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| el = {{750 V DC|conductor=y}}
| map = {{Warsaw Metro map|inline=yes}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

The '''Warsaw Metro''' ({{langx|pl|Metro Warszawskie}}) is a [[rapid transit]] underground system serving the [[Poland|Polish]] capital [[Warsaw]]. It currently consists of two lines, the north–south [[M1 (Warsaw)|M1]] line which links central [[Warsaw]] with its densely populated northern and southern [[Dzielnica|districts]], and the east–west [[M2 (Warsaw)|M2]] line. Three more lines ([[M3 (Warsaw)|M3]], [[M4 (Warsaw)|M4]], and [[M5 (Warsaw)|M5]]) are planned.<ref name=":4">{{cite web | url=https://inzynieria.com/budownictwo/wiadomosci/64301,warszawa-iii-linia-metra-jest-juz-koncepcja-pierwszego-odcinka | title=Warszawa: III linia metra – jest już koncepcja pierwszego odcinka }}</ref> The system is operated by Metro Warszawskie, a company owned by the city, and managed by [[Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)|Public Transport Authority in Warsaw]]. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, it is the only metro system in Poland. 

The first section of M1 was opened in 1995 and the line was gradually extended until it reached its full length in October 2008. The contract for the construction of the initial central section of M2 was signed on 28 October 2009 and construction began on 16 August 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050215220833/http://www.metro.waw.pl/page.php?id=44 Polish website of Warsaw Metro - Line 2 information and maps]</ref><ref name="start">{{cite web|url=http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,95190,8248910,Wielka_chwila__ruszaja_prace_przy_drugiej_linii_metra.html|title= Wielka chwila: ruszają prace przy drugiej linii metra|author=PAP|publisher=Gazeta.pl|language=pl|access-date=2010-08-13}}</ref> The initial segment of M2, measuring {{convert|6.3|km|mi|abbr=off}} with seven stations,<ref name="Annual-Report" /> one of which, [[Świętokrzyska (Warsaw Metro)|Świętokrzyska]], includes a transfer between the two lines, was opened on 8 March 2015.<ref name="secondline">{{cite news |date=March 8, 2015 |title=Warsaws second metro line opens |url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/199565,Warsaws-second-metro-line-opens |access-date=2015-03-09 |newspaper=Radio Poland}}</ref><ref name="Line2-open">{{cite news |date=March 8, 2015 |title=Crowds take first ride on Warsaws new subway line |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/08/crowds-take-first-ride-on-warsaws-new-subway-line/ |access-date=2015-03-08 |newspaper=[[U-T San Diego]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The line's further extensions have been opening since 2019, and it is expected to be completed in 2026, when it will have 21 stations.<ref name="secondlineexpansion">{{cite news |date=April 25, 2019 |title=TLC Involved in Project to Expand Warsaw Metro System |url=https://www.intertlc.co.uk/news/tlc-part-of-project-to-expand-warsaw-metro-system/ |access-date=2019-04-25 |newspaper=TLC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trzaskowski: Metrem na Karolin pojedziemy w 2026 r. |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/trzaskowski-metrem-na-karolin-pojedziemy-w-2026-r-77007.html |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.transport-publiczny.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref>

In February 2023, the mayor of Warsaw [[Rafał Trzaskowski]] released a plan for the Warsaw Metro, calling for five metro lines by the year 2050. The plan includes constructing two additional M1 stations, [[Plac Konstytucji metro station|Plac Konstytucji]] and [[Muranów metro station|Muranów]], extending M2 line to [[Marymont metro station|Marymont]] and [[Warszawa Ursus-Niedźwiadek railway station|Ursus-Niedźwiadek]], as well as construction of three new lines: M3, M4, and M5. With those extensions the metro would directly serve 17 out of Warsaw's 18 districts.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Stolica pięciu linii metra |url=https://um.warszawa.pl/-/stolica-pieciu-linii-metra |website=Urząd m.st. Warszawy |language=pl}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Warsaw Metro 1938 Phase1.png|thumb|First phase of the planned metro network started in 1938, never completed with the onset of [[World War II]] and consequent planned [[destruction of Warsaw]]]]

=== Early attempts (1918-1939) ===
Plans to build an underground rail system in [[Warsaw]] date as far back as 1918, when the idea was first proposed after Warsaw regained its status as [[Second Polish Republic|Poland']]s capital city. An underground railway system was expected to solve the transport difficulties of the densely built city center. Proper preliminary planning and [[Boring (earth)|boring]] work were initiated by the [[Warsaw Tramway|Warsaw Tramway Authority]] in 1925, with construction expected to start in the late 1920s. The [[Great Depression]] halted those plans as [[Poland]] and the world were gripped by economic hardship.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |url=https://mirprometro.info/en/Warsaw/ |title=History of the Warsaw Metro |website=mirprometro.info |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> 

In 1934, with the election of a new mayor of Warsaw, [[Stefan Starzyński]], work was to resume on the metro. The mayor dusted off the plans from the mid-1920s, and with some minor adjustments, construction of the metro was planned to start by the late 1930s, with a projected finishing date of the first of two projected lines scheduled for the mid-1940s. By then, the subway network was to consist of two lines. Line M1 (north–south line, {{convert|4.6|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip|disp=or}} long) was to follow a route similar to the present-day line and was to link the southernmost borough of [[Mokotów]] with the city center and the northern borough of [[Żoliborz]]. This line was to be connected with the newly constructed [[Warszawa Główna railway station]] and the railway tunnel crossing the city from west to east. Line M2 (east–west, {{convert|3.95|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip|disp=or}} long) was to start beneath the westernmost borough of [[Wola]], proceed along the Chłodna street to the pivotal station beneath the [[Pałac Saski|Saxon Square]] and then further eastwards to the [[Vistula]] river escarpment. There, the line was to go overground, cross the river through a newly built bridge and proceed to the easternmost railway station of [[Warszawa Wschodnia]]. Altogether, in 35 years, 7 lines were to be built. The works finally started in 1938, but [[World War II]] brought an end to the ambitious undertaking. The short trace tunnels made in 1938 serve as a wine cellar today.

=== Post-war plans (1945-1950) ===
The city suffered heavily during World War II. Although the majority of pre-war projects were destroyed during the war, most of the engineers behind their creations survived and returned to their city to take part in its rebirth. However, the new Communist authorities of Poland envisioned a city completely different from what it had been before the war. As the "ideal" communist city, Warsaw was to be decentralized and the need to commute to the city center was reduced. Thus, the Office for the Reconstruction of Warsaw (BOS) commissioned several engineers to prepare a project for a fast urban railway ([[Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)|SKM]]) crossing the city in a deep cutting. Although to a large extent it was to follow line 1 of the pre-war plans, only the central stations were to be located underground. However, by the end of the decade, the project was cancelled. Instead, in 1948 communist planners developed a different concept with the new SKM morphing into a rapid transit line at a depth of up to {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=off}}. The suggested north–south direction, with three parallel branches of the same line in the city center, corresponded to the planned development of the city along the Vistula. The works, however, never started and this project was also abandoned.

=== Cold War era tunnels (1950-1957) ===
[[File:PL Warsaw Metro 1953.svg|thumb|Revised deep-tunnel metro plan from 1953]]
In the 1950s, as the [[Cold War]] continued, Soviet strategic plans required that a secure transport link across the river Vistula be built. One of the ways to achieve this was to create a deep metro system in Warsaw (<small>[[:pl:Metro głębokie w Warszawie|pl:Metro głębokie w Warszawie]];</small> up to {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} beneath the ground), which would be interlinked with the rail network and could serve as an underground conduit for transporting troops. Plans assumed that the first line (about {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on|0|disp=or}} long) would lie along a north–south axis, with a branch of the same line crossing the Vistula river in the city centre. The construction works started almost simultaneously at 17 different points on both sides of the river. By 1953 only {{convert|771|m|yd|abbr=on}} of tunnels had been built; after the death of [[Joseph Stalin]] and the start of a period of [[détente]], all work was halted under the pretext of technical difficulties. In the following years, only one junction tunnel and one shield-driven tunnel were continued. These works were undertaken experimentally, to discover the best driving methods suitable for the ground conditions beneath Warsaw ([[pliocene]] [[clay]] formations layer spread beneath [[quaternary]] soils). All work was halted in 1957, and the tunnel eventually flooded in 1960.

=== Current Metro (1983-Present) ===

==== Planning and construction ====
In 1955, planners returned to the old idea of a shallow metro network. However, the planning phase proceeded at a very slow pace and the economic situation prevented all successive governments from actually starting serious work. Finally, in 1983, the program was approved by the government and the first tunnels were built. Lack of funds, technical difficulties, shortage of materials and outdated tunnelling methods meant that the work progressed very slowly, sometimes at a speed no greater than {{convert|2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} per day.

==== Opening ====
The Metro was opened on 7 April 1995 with a total of 11 stations.<ref name=":13" /> The initial line, [[M1 (Warsaw)|M1]], has 21 stations over a route distance of {{convert|22.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}.

Many of the station name announcements are narrated by [[Ksawery Jasieński]], with some newer stations using recordings by [[:pl:Maciej_Gudowski|Maciej Gudowski]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jabłczyński |first=Kamil |date=2023-05-08 |title=Tak kiedyś wyglądało metro w Warszawie! Za krótkie pociągi, bez bramek wejściowych i masy ekranów. Nostalgiczna podróż do lat 90. |url=https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/tak-kiedys-wygladalo-metro-w-warszawie-za-krotkie-pociagi/ar/c13-9172825 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509182732/https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/tak-kiedys-wygladalo-metro-w-warszawie-za-krotkie-pociagi/ar/c13-9172825 |archive-date=2023-05-09 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Nasze Miasto}}</ref>

==== Newer extensions ====
{{Missing information||construction and opening of the initial segment of the M2 line|date=May 2024}}

On 11 March 2016, a 1 billion [[Polish złoty|PLN]] (€225 million) contract was awarded to the Italian company [[Astaldi]] to build the first phase of the north-east [[M2 (Warsaw)|M2]] extension with {{convert|3.2|km|mi}} of track and 3 stations: [[Szwedzka metro station|Szwedzka]], [[Targówek Mieszkaniowy metro station|Targówek Mieszkaniowy]], and [[Trocka metro station|Trocka]]. On 30 April, construction on Szwedzka station started, and on 2 May, the other two stations started construction. Construction of this phase took 3 years, until it opened on 15 September 2019. Initially, this extension was to be built at the same time as the west extension which was due to be completed in 2020. However, due to delays, it was decided that each extension will be built at its own pace. The extension from [[Rondo Daszyńskiego metro station|Rondo Daszyńskiego]] to [[Księcia Janusza metro station|Księcia Janusza]] was opened on 4 April 2020, and the extension from [[Księcia Janusza metro station|Księcia Janusza]] to [[Bemowo metro station|Bemowo]] was opened on 30 June 2022. On 28 September 2022, the extension of [[M2 (Warsaw)|M2]] consisting of three new stations: [[Zacisze metro station|Zacisze]], [[Kondratowicza metro station|Kondratowicza]], and [[Bródno metro station|Bródno]] was opened to the public.

Turkish construction firm Gülermak was commissioned in November 2018 to complete the three western-most stations on the line – Lazurowa, Chrzanów and Karolin.<ref>https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/06/02/not-so-fast-extension-of-warsaws-metro-system-faces-delays-over-land-disputes/</ref>

=== Timeline ===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: right;"
|-
!Segment
!Line
!Length (km){{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
!Date opened
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Kabaty metro station|Kabaty]] – [[Politechnika metro station|Politechnika]]
|rowspan="8" style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}}; text-align: center" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|M1}}
|11.1
|7 April 1995
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Politechnika metro station|Politechnika]] – [[Centrum metro station|Centrum]]
|1.4
|26 May 1998
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Centrum metro station|Centrum]] – [[Ratusz Arsenał metro station|Ratusz Arsenał]]
|1.7
|11 May 2001
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Ratusz Arsenał metro station|Ratusz Arsenał]] – [[Dworzec Gdański metro station|Dworzec Gdański]]
|1.5
|20 December 2003
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Dworzec Gdański metro station|Dworzec Gdański]] – [[Plac Wilsona metro station|Plac Wilsona]]
|1.5
|8 April 2005
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Plac Wilsona metro station|Plac Wilsona]] – [[Marymont metro station|Marymont]]
|0.9
|29 December 2006
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Marymont metro station|Marymont]] – [[Słodowiec metro station|Słodowiec]]
|1.0
|23 April 2008
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Słodowiec metro station|Słodowiec]] – [[Młociny metro station|Młociny]]
|2.6
|25 October 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=94390 |title=First train to pull into Mlociny metro station |newspaper=Radio Poland |access-date=2008-10-25 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145428/http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/?id=94390 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Rondo Daszyńskiego metro station|Rondo Daszyńskiego]] – [[Dworzec Wileński metro station|Dworzec Wileński]]
|rowspan="5" style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M2}}; text-align: center" | {{colored link|white|M2 (Warsaw)|M2}}
|6.3<ref name="Annual-Report" />
|8 March 2015<ref name="secondline" />
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Dworzec Wileński metro station|Dworzec Wileński]] – [[Trocka metro station|Trocka]]
|3.1
|15 September 2019<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.tvp.info/44406241/warszawa-metro-jezdzi-juz-na-targowek |title=Warszawa: Metro jeździ już na Targówek |newspaper=TVP |access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Rondo Daszyńskiego metro station|Rondo Daszyńskiego]] – [[Księcia Janusza metro station|Księcia Janusza]]
|3.4
|4 April 2020<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://www.wtp.waw.pl/newsy/2020/04/03/uruchamiamy-wolskie-stacje-metra/ |title=Warszawa: Uruchamiamy wolskie stacje metra |access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Księcia Janusza metro station|Księcia Janusza]] – [[Bemowo metro station|Bemowo]]
|2.1
|30 June 2022<ref name=":2"> <{{cite web |title=Metro jedzie na Bemowo. Dwie nowe stacje otwarte|url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/mobile/metro-na-bemowo-otwarcie-74241.html|website=www.transport-publiczny.pl|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Trocka metro station|Trocka]] – [[Bródno metro station|Bródno]]
|4
|28 September 2022<ref> <{{cite web |title=Metro jedzie na Bródno. Trzy nowe stacje otwarte |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/metro-jedzie-na-brodno-trzy-nowe-stacje-otwarte-75415.html|website=www.transport-publiczny.pl|access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|Total: 39 stations
|
|41.3&nbsp;km<ref name="Annual-Report" />
|
|}

== Metro Warszawskie ==

=== History ===
Metro Warszawskie is a transportation company whose main task is to operate the Warsaw Metro and maintain its infrastructure. The company's history began in 1971 with the [[Łazienki Route]] construction, led by the Directorate for the Construction of the Bridge Route – Łazienki.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Historia przedsiębiorstwa |trans-title=History of the Company |url=https://metro.waw.pl/o-firmie/historia-przedsiebiorstwa/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=metro.waw.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> After completion, it reorganized into the Directorate for the Construction of Transport Routes on September 1, 1974.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Rogiński |first=Andrzej |title=Bitwy o metro |publisher=Adam |year=2008 |isbn=978-83-7232-834-2 |location=Warsaw |pages=133–137 |language=pl |trans-title=Battles for the Metro |chapter=Przedsiębiorstwa: nazwy i kierownictwa |trans-chapter=Enterprises: Names and Management}}</ref> That autumn, the Directorate for Metro Construction was established at 27/31 {{Interlanguage link|Gdańska Street, Warsaw|lt=Gdańska Street|pl|Ulica Gdańska w Warszawie}} to prepare for the [[M1 (Warsaw)|M1 metro line]]. On July 1, 1980, it became a separate unit under the Directorate for the Construction of Transport Routes.<ref name=":12" />

==== General Directorate for Metro Construction (1983–1995) ====
After the Toruń Route construction, most employees of the Directorate for the Construction of Transport Routes joined the General Directorate for Metro Construction,<ref name=":02" /> established on February 10, 1983, by [[List of city mayors of Warsaw|Mayor of Warsaw]] (ordinance no. 7).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Siwek |first=Władysław |date=1984 |title=Budowa metra w Warszawie |trans-title=Construction of the Metro in Warsaw |journal=Inwestycje I Budownictwo |language=pl |location=Warsaw |publisher=Ministerstwo Budownictwa Przemysłowego |volume=6 |issue= |pages=16–19 |issn=0578-5871}}</ref> It acted as the investor and contractor for the M1 metro line,<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Historia budowy metra w Warszawie |trans-title=The History of the Construction of the Metro in Warsaw |url=https://www.metro.waw.pl/historia-budowy-metra-w-warszawie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422205150/https://www.metro.waw.pl/historia-budowy-metra-w-warszawie |archive-date=2019-04-22 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> starting construction on April 15, with headquarters at 77/79 [[Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw|Marszałkowska Street]].<ref name=":12" />

In 1989, it was appointed as the metro's initial operator.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dancewicz |first=Małgorzata |date=1995 |title=Duma, radość i trema |trans-title=Pride, Joy, and Nerves |url=http://architektura.um.warszawa.pl/sites/default/files/KW_011_S.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Krajobraz Warszawski |language=pl |location=Warsaw |publisher=Wydział Planowania Przestrzennego i Architektury Urzędu m.st. Warszawy |volume=11 |issue= |pages=XXIII-XXIV |issn=1427-907X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514133957/http://architektura.um.warszawa.pl/sites/default/files/KW_011_S.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-14 |access-date=2025-03-11}}</ref> Due to Poland's political and economic changes, the directorate's scope and legal form shifted, and on February 25, 1992, it became an organizational unit of the Association of Warsaw Districts and Municipalities without legal personality (resolution no. 157/92).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Użdalewicz |first=Zygmunt |date=1993 |title=Ruszyło warszawskie metro |trans-title=The Warsaw Metro Has Begun Operating |url=http://www.klir.pl/biuletyny/biuletyn17.pdf |journal=Informacja |language=pl |location=Warsaw |publisher=Klub Inżynierii Ruchu |volume=17 |pages=2–24}}</ref> The first M1 metro section opened on April 7, 1995.<ref name=":22" />

==== Metro Warszawskie (after 1995) ====
On 1 August 1995, a budgetary unit of the City of Warsaw named Metro Warszawskie was established<ref name=":12" /> as the successor of Directorate for the Construction of Transport Routes.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |last=Urbanowicz |first=Witold |date=7 April 2015 |title=Warszawskie metro ma 20 lat |trans-title=The Warsaw Metro is 20 Years Old |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/warszawskie-metro-ma-20-lat-48589.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.transport-publiczny.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> On 30 December 2002, [[Sławomir Skrzypek]], the Deputy Mayor of Warsaw, issued an ordinance on behalf of the mayor, transforming the company into a [[private limited company]] on 1 January 2003.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |date=30 December 2002 |title=Zarządzenie nr 49/2002 z 30-12-2002 |trans-title=Regulation No. 49/2002 of 30 December 2002 |url=http://bip.warszawa.pl/NR/exeres/8FEA32C0-23B0-41D5-90E0-12F47305972A,frameless.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725011202/http://bip.warszawa.pl/NR/exeres/8FEA32C0-23B0-41D5-90E0-12F47305972A,frameless.htm |archive-date=2012-07-25 |website=bip.warszawa.pl |language=pl}}</ref> In 2003, the operator also moved its headquarters to 5 Wilczy Dół Street.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2003 |title=Nowa strona internetowa Metra Warszawskiego... |trans-title=The New Website of Metro Warszawskie... |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/aktualnosci/nowa-strona-internetowa-metra-warszawskiego |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707140939/http://www.metro.waw.pl/aktualnosci/nowa-strona-internetowa-metra-warszawskiego |archive-date=2017-07-07 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

=== Activity ===
[[File:Warszawa_-_Metro_-_Stacja_Plac_Wilsona_(15).jpg|thumb|Company's commercial activities – advertising at stations]]
The company operates the Warsaw Metro, maintaining its stations and tunnels as provided by the city. It earns compensation from the Warsaw [[Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)|Public Transport Authority]] based on a per vehicle-kilometer rate under a commercial agreement.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=O firmie |trans-title=About the Company |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/o-firmie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055441/http://www.metro.waw.pl/o-firmie |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> Additionally, it generates income through commercial and investment activities, including remuneration for overseeing metro network expansion and construction supervision, as stipulated in contracts.<ref name=":5" />

=== Finance and transport performance ===
[[File:Alstom_Metropolis_98B,_Wilanowska,_2014-10-25.jpg|thumb|Alstom Metropolis 98B train of Metro Warszawskie]]
The company's [[authorised capital]] was 210 million PLN in 2003,<ref name=":42" /> increasing to 328,917,500 PLN by August 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2012 |title=Uchwała Nr 1 Nadzwyczajnego Zgromadzenia Wspólników Spółki pod firmą Metro Warszawskie Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością z siedzibą w Warszawie z dnia 22 sierpnia 2012 roku w sprawie zmiany aktu założycielskiego Spółki |trans-title=Resolution No. 1 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company under the Name Metro Warszawskie Limited Liability Company with its Registered Office in Warsaw of 22 August 2012 on Amending the Company's Articles of Association |url=http://metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl/NR/rdonlyres/88D60D9C-CA0B-4A40-B289-5A9FA501A171/882019/AktZalozycielski.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415210801/http://metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl/NR/rdonlyres/88D60D9C-CA0B-4A40-B289-5A9FA501A171/882019/AktZalozycielski.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-15 |website=metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl |language=pl}}</ref> Warsaw owns 100% of the shares.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Status prawny |trans-title=Legal Status |url=http://metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl/menu_podmiotowe/Status_prawny/Status+prawny.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809094650/http://metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl/menu_podmiotowe/Status_prawny/Status+prawny.htm |archive-date=2013-08-09 |website=metrowarszawskie.bip.um.warszawa.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

Net profit was 4 million PLN in 2004,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2004 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2004 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/sprawozdanie_2004_do_druku.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116174230/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/sprawozdanie_2004_do_druku.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> dipped until 2006, returned to 2004 levels in 2007,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2005 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2005 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2005.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116173429/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2005.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2006 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2006 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2006.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116173439/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2006.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2007 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2007 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116173650/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2007.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> then rose to 14 million PLN in 2008,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2008 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2008 |url=http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216063654/http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raport_roczny_2008.pdf |archive-date=2011-12-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 5 million PLN in 2009,<ref name=":122">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2009 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2009 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raportroczny2009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116174037/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/mw1/raportroczny2009.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-16 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 15 million PLN in 2010,<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2010 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2010 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport%20Roczny%202010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119192425/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport%20Roczny%202010.pdf |archive-date=2011-11-19 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 5.4 million PLN in 2011,<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2011 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2011 |url=http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2012/RaportRoczny2011.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310081513/http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2012/RaportRoczny2011.pdf |archive-date=2013-03-10 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 9.4 million PLN in 2012,<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2012 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2012 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport_Roczny_2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054352/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport_Roczny_2012.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-21 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> a peak of 70.9 million PLN in 2013,<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2013 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2013 |url=http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/raport%20roczny%202013%20mw.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314165315/http://metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/raport%20roczny%202013%20mw.pdf |archive-date=2015-03-14 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 45 million PLN in 2014,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2014 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2014 |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/RaportRoczny2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928210313/http://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/RaportRoczny2014.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-28 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 5.3 million PLN in 2015,<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2015 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2015 |url=https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2016/rr2015/rr2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507150518/https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/2016/rr2015/rr2015.pdf |archive-date=2019-05-07 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> 9.7 million PLN in 2016,<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2016 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2016 |url=https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/raport_metro_2016.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029212019/https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/raport_metro_2016.pdf |archive-date=2017-10-29 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref> and 25.4 million PLN in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raport roczny za 2017 rok |trans-title=Annual Report for 2017 |url=https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport2017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114120141/https://www.metro.waw.pl/pliki/PDFy/Raport2017.pdf |archive-date=2020-01-14 |website=www.metro.waw.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

In 1995, the Warsaw Metro transported 20 million passengers, with annual increases until 2011. A slight drop occurred in 2012, followed by a 5.8% rise in 2013. It transported about 170 million passengers annually in 2015 (680,000 daily)<ref name=":17" /> and 183.7 million in 2016.<ref name=":18" />

Train-kilometers were 11.2 million in 2002,<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":122" /> peaked at 25.99 million in 2010, declined until 2013,<ref name=":122" /><ref name=":16" /> then increased again.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" />

=== Employment ===
[[File:C15_Dworzec_Wileński_-_zmiana_kierunku,_Przejazd_linią_M2_dla_dziennikarzy,_2014-09-28.jpg|thumb|Train driver of Metro Warszawskie in a Siemens Inspiro train]]
The number of employees at the end of 2003 was 1,128.<ref name=":7" /> It increased year by year, reaching 1,634 in 2009,<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":122" /> and remained at a similar level in 2010 and 2011.<ref name=":132" /><ref name=":14" /> In the following years, the number of employees at Metro Warszawskie rose again, reaching 2,265 at the end of 2015<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> and 2,353 in 2016.<ref name=":17" />

=== Directors and presidents ===
[[File:Jerzy_Brzostek_(1988)_kadr.jpg|thumb|Jerzy Brzostek – first director of Directorate for the Construction of Transport Routes]]
{{Interlanguage link|Jerzy Brzostek|lt=|pl|Jerzy Brzostek}} was the first director of the Construction of Transport Routes, succeeded by Bohdan Zuń in 1991. Zuń led until the entity became Metro Warszawskie<ref name=":12" /> and served as president from January 1, 2003,<ref name=":42" /> until his dismissal on January 3, 2003.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |date=3 January 2003 |title=Dymisja po nominacji |trans-title=Resignation after Appointment |url=http://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/166687.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170120204055/http://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/166687.html |archive-date=2017-01-20 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=zw.com.pl |language=pl}}</ref> {{Interlanguage link|Krzysztof Celiński|lt=|pl|Krzysztof Celiński}} then led until mid-December 2005, followed by {{Interlanguage link|Jerzy Lejk|lt=|pl|Jerzy Lejk}}, who has been president since January 25, 2006.<ref name=":12" />

==Lines==
{{main|List of Warsaw Metro stations}}The Metro currently consists of two lines, the north–south [[M1 (Warsaw)|M1]] line, and the east–west [[M2 (Warsaw)|M2]] line. Three more lines ([[M3 (Warsaw)|M3]], [[M4 (Warsaw)|M4]], and [[M5 (Warsaw)|M5]]) are planned.<ref name=":4" />[[File:Plan_systemu_metra_w_Warszawie.svg|right|thumb|Map of metro as of 28 September 2022]]
[[File:Ticket-Warsaw-Metro-2019.png|thumb|Warsaw Metro tickets]]

=== Operational ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Opened
!Length
!Stations
|-
| style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}};" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|M1}}
|1995–2008
|{{convert|22.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Annual-Report" />
|21, 23 planned in total<ref name="Annual-Report" />
|-
| style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M2}};" | {{colored link|white|M2 (Warsaw)|M2}}
|2015–present
|{{convert|18.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rocznica otwarcia centralnego odcinka II linii metra |url=https://um.warszawa.pl/-/rocznica-otwarcia-centralnego-odcinka-ii-linii-metra}}</ref>
|18, 28 planned in total<ref name="Annual-Report" />
|}

=== Planned ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Opening
!Length
!Stations
|-
| style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M3}};" | {{colored link|white|M3 (Warsaw)|M3}}
|by 2032 (first section) 
by 2050 (second section)
|{{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air pleased, will ride the subway! |url=https://www.architekturaibiznes.pl/en/warsaw-3-line-meter,31841.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.architekturaibiznes.pl |language=en}}</ref>
|1, 15 planned in total<ref name=":3" />
|-
| style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M4}};" | {{colored link|white|M4 (Warsaw)|M4}}
|by 2050
|{{convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Białas |first=Kamil |date=2024-07-15 |title=Autonomous metro in Warsaw and five lines by 2050. [MAP] |url=https://www.whitemad.pl/en/autonomous-metro-in-warsaw-and-five-lines-by-2050-map/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Magazyn WhiteMAD - moda, architektura, design w jednym miejscu |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|23 planned in total<ref name=":3" />
|-
| style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M5}};" | {{colored link|white|M5 (Warsaw)|M5}}
|by 2050
|ca. {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wróblewski |first=Piotr |date=2023-03-03 |title=Linia metra M5 w Warszawie. Z Ursusa na Gocławek. Gdzie zlokalizowane będą stacje nowej ,,piątki"? |url=https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/linia-metra-m5-w-warszawie-z-ursusa-na-goclawek-gdzie/ar/c1-9225431 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Warszawa Nasze Miasto |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
|20 planned in total<ref name=":3" />
|}

==Rolling stock==
[[File:Warsaw-Metro-Passengers-en.svg|thumb|Annual ridership and number of stations of the Warsaw Metro]]

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center;"
|+
! Line
! Current stock
! Image
! Introduced
! Sets
! Length (m/ft)
! Seats
! Capacity
|-
|style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}};" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|'''M1'''}}
| [[Alstom]]<br />([[Alstom Metropolis]] 98B)
| [[File:Alstom Metropolis 98B, Wilanowska, 2014-10-25.jpg|150px]]
| 2000–2005
| 18
| 116.74/383.01
| 264
| 1454
|-
|style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}};" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|'''M1'''}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Siemens Mobility]]<br />([[Siemens Inspiro]])
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Siemens_Inspiro,_Metro_Warszawskie_(16545985577).jpg|150px]]
| rowspan="2" | 2013–2015
| rowspan="2" | 35
| rowspan="2" | 117.7/386
| rowspan="2" | 232
| rowspan="2" | 1500
|-
|style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M2}};" | {{colored link|white|M2 (Warsaw)|'''M2'''}}
|-
|style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}};" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|'''M1'''}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Škoda Transportation]]<br />([[Škoda Varsovia]])
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Škoda_Varsovia_Stacja_metra_Młociny_2023.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| rowspan="2" | 37
| rowspan="2" | 119.01/390.45
| rowspan="2" | 230
| rowspan="2" | 1500
|-
|style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M2}};" | {{colored link|white|M2 (Warsaw)|'''M2'''}}
|}

Initially, all of the trains were Russian-built 81-series metro cars. They first arrived in Warsaw in 1990 as a gift from the [[USSR]], five years before the Metro's opening, from the [[Metrovagonmash]] plant in [[Mytishchi]] near Moscow (model 81-717.3/714.3 - 10 carriages). Subsequent trains arrived from [[Saint Petersburg]]'s Vagonmash (I. E. Yegorov) Plant in 1994 (81-572/573 - 32 carriages) and an additional 18 81-572.1/573.1 carriages in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vagon.metro.ru/types/export.html|script-title=ru:Metrowahonы|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513213658/http://vagon.metro.ru/types/export.html|archive-date=2006-05-13}}</ref>

In 1995 the metro began operation with 14 three-car trainsets, with 5 minute intervals between trains during rush hours. With the opening of the Centrum metro stations the trains were extended to four cars and their number was increased to 15.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro: Skład nr 07 wyrusza w ostatnią podróż |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/metro-sklad-nr-07-wyrusza-w-ostatnia-podroz-77798.html}}</ref>

In 1998, 108 new carriages of the modern [[Alstom Metropolis|Metropolis]] family were ordered from the French company [[Alstom]], forming 18 six-car trainsets. These were all delivered by 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/page.php?id=85&lng=en|title=Warsaw Metro|publisher=Alstom Cars|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007101454/http://www.metro.waw.pl/page.php?id=85&lng=en|archive-date=2006-10-07}}</ref> (24 were produced in [[Barcelona]] and the remainder in the [[Konstal|Alstom Konstal]] plant in [[Chorzów]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://przegubowiec.com/metro/tabor-m.htm|work=Tabor Metra Warszawskiego|title=Przegubowiec|language=pl|access-date=2006-03-03|archive-date=2013-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728114340/http://przegubowiec.com/metro/tabor-m.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

In 2006, additional 30 carriages were ordered from Russia to extend the existing 81-series to the target length of six cars, with deliveries taking place up to 2007.

In 2007 five new Russian 81-series trains with redesigned front-ends were purchased, with the contract extended to seven in 2009.

In February 2011, an order was signed with German manufacturer [[Siemens]] for 35 complete trains from their new [[Siemens Inspiro|Inspiro]] line. A large number of these were manufactured in [[Poland]] by [[Newag]]. The first five trains were put into service in 2013. However, in November 2013 a fire broke out in one of the carriages and for safety reasons all five trains were withdrawn from operation until the cause of the fire was determined. Once the investigation was completed the five new Inspiro trains were placed back into service in March 2014. In 2012, a non-revenue diesel [[shunting locomotive]], classified as {{ill|ZPS LM-400.00|pl}}, was manufactured by {{ill|Zakład Pojazdów Szynowych|pl}} in [[Stargard]], designed especially for shunting Inspiro trains at the [[Kabaty depot]].

By 2020, the Siemens Inspiro formed the majority of the operating rolling stock.

Originally the 81-series and Alstom Metropolis trains were painted in two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white and the lower one red, with a blue bar identifying the M1 line between them. For the Simens Inspiro a livery with a yellow and red stripe under the windows was chosen in order to resemble the color scheme of the surface public transport taken from the [[flag of Warsaw]]. Subsequently the older trains have had the blue bar replaced with a yellow one during scheduled refurbishment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro zmienia barwy. Metropolis jak Inspiro |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/metro-zmienia-barwy-metropolis-jak-inspiro-2858.html}}</ref>

In January 2020, [[Škoda Transportation]] was awarded a new contract for 37 new, single-space trains, named the [[Škoda Varsovia|Varsovia]]. The first EMU arrived in Warsaw on April 25, 2022, in October the first unit entered regular passenger service on the M1 line.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://um.warszawa.pl/-/skoda-varsovia-wyjechala-testowo-na-i-linie-metra | title=Skoda Varsovia wyjechała (Testowo) na I linię metra }}</ref>

With the delivery of the Škoda Varsovia the obsolete 81-series is being gradually retired, units in good technical condition have been donated for spare parts to Kyiv<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.railway.supply/en/kyiv-metro-receives-another-6-trains-from-warsaw/ |title=Kyiv Metro Receives Another 6 Trains from Warsaw |date=September 2023 }}</ref> and Kharkiv,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.railway.supply/en/three-more-subway-trains-for-kharkiv-thanks-to-warsaw/ |title=Three more subway trains for Kharkiv, thanks to Warsaw |date=19 October 2023 }}</ref> where trains of the type are still common. A single trainset of this is to be kept in working order as a museum exhibit and seasonal operation while 3 others remain in Warsaw for spare parts. 

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:C12 W 33.jpg|[[Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet metro station|Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet Station]], M2
File:C11 W 37.jpg|[[Świętokrzyska (Warsaw Metro)|Świętokrzyska Station]], M2
File:Warsaw Station 5.jpg|[[Ratusz Arsenał (Warsaw Metro)|Ratusz Arsenał Station]], M1
File:Stacja metra Dworzec Gdański.JPG|[[Dworzec Gdański metro station|Dworzec Gdański Station]], M1
File:2020 Warszawa Metro Płocka, 1.jpg|[[Płocka metro station|Płocka]] Station, M2
File:Stacja metra Bemowo 2022.jpg|[[Bemowo metro station|Bemowo]] Station, M2
File:Metro Służew - 2 May 2008.webp|[[Służew metro station|Służew]] Station, M1
File:2020 Warszawa Metro Stare Bielany.jpg|[[Stare Bielany metro station|Stare Bielany]] Station, M1
</gallery>

===Depots===
[[File:Elektrowozowania STP Kabaty 2015 01.JPG|thumb|245x245px|[[Kabaty depot]]]]
The Warsaw Metro currently only uses [[Kabaty depot]], located south of [[Kabaty metro station|Kabaty station]]. It is connected to a [[Single-track railway|single-track]] line, the [[Warszawa Okęcie–Jeziorna railway]] at [[Warszawa Okęcie railway station]] on the [[Polish State Railways|PKP]] rail network. This link is not electrified and is used only for an occasional rolling-stock transfer. A second depot in [[Karolin, Warsaw|Karolin]] is currently under construction and is expected to open in 2026. A third depot (Kozia Górka) is planned to be built as part of the first section of the [[M3 (Warsaw)|M3]] line from [[Stadion Narodowy metro station|Stadion Narodowy]] to [[Gocław, Warsaw|Gocław]].

== Retired stock ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align:center;"
|+
! Line
! Current stock
! Image
! Introduced
!Retired
! Sets
! Length (m/ft)
! Seats
! Capacity
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background: #{{rcr|Warsaw Metro|M1}};" | {{colored link|white|M1 (Warsaw)|'''M1'''}}
| [[Metrovagonmash]]<br />([[Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714|81-717.3/714.3]])
| [[File:81-717.3, Politechnika, 2013-10-30.jpg|150px]]
| 1989-1990, 2006
|2023
| rowspan="2" | 15
| rowspan="3" | 115.26/378.15
| rowspan="3" | 260
| rowspan="3" | 1200
|-
| [[Vagonmash]]<br />([[Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714|81-572/573]])
| [[File:81-572 № 005 at station Ratusz Arsenał.jpg|150px]]
| 1994-1997
|2023
|-
| [[Vagonmash]]<br />([[Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714|81-572.2/573.2]])
| [[File:81-572.2, Plac Wilsona, 2013-10-25.jpg|150px]]
| 2009
|2023
| 7
|}

Despite being retired in Poland, the 81-series trains are still widespread in several V4 countries and are well-known in Europe. Compared to west European metro systems (such as the Berlin U-Bahn or Paris Metro), these trains can maintain higher average speeds (80 km/h maximum and 35-40 km/h average).  They were produced in several thousands, so their spare parts are still in high demand abroad. Some of these trains were donated to Ukraine. Unlike, for example, Hungary,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-22 |title=Hungary Wins EU Exemption to Let Russian Firm Service Metro Cars |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-22/hungary-wins-eu-exemption-to-let-russian-firm-service-metro-cars |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref> Ukraine decided not to buy the Russian spare parts, as Polish ones already met this demand.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hromadske.ua/ru/posts/v-kievskom-metro-nachal-kursirovat-poezd-iz-varshavskih-vagonov | title=В киевском метро начал курсировать поезд из варшавских вагонов | date=November 2023 }}</ref>

==Plans==
{{Refimprove|date=May 2024}}[[File:Warszawa metro plan1.svg|thumb|A map of the Warsaw Metro, showing the north-south [[M1 (Warsaw)|Line M1]], as well as the planned east-west lines]]
[[File:Metro w Warszawie Plac Konstytucji i Muranow.svg|thumb|Two new stations are planned from the beginning as completion of the line M1]]
The M1 line does not pass directly under Warsaw's [[Old Town, Warsaw|Old Town]], the city's main tourist attraction, which has few public transport links, passing it about {{convert|600|m|ft|abbr=off}} to the west instead. It also does not directly connect to the [[Warszawa Centralna railway station|Warszawa Central railway station]], with the nearest stop being over {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=off}} to the east. Until the opening of M2 in March 2015, the metro system was confined to the western bank of the Vistula, thus doing nothing to ease traffic problems on Warsaw's bridges: a major bottleneck between the city center and the eastern [[Praga]] district. Plans for a third line to [[Warsaw Chopin Airport]] have been abandoned for the foreseeable future, with the airport served by [[Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station|a newly built railway station]] instead.

Transport planners have suggested that the [[Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa|WKD]], a [[light rail]] line that runs to the western suburbs, could be integrated with the city's tram system, or be more closely tied to the metro and a future suburban rail network, or both. The first such plans were prepared in the late 1930s and the railway tunnel running below the city center was to be shared by both the railways and the metro. The WKD, PKP and Warsaw Metro systems are integrated and Warsaw city travel cards are also valid in the suburban trains operated by [[Fast Urban Railway (Warsaw)|SKM]] and [[Masovian Railways|KM]].

===Future extensions===
[[File:Warszawa - Stacje metra - plan do 2050.svg|thumb|Warsaw Metro 2050 master plan]]
* [[Plac Konstytucji (Warsaw Metro)|Plac Konstytucji]] and [[Muranów (Warsaw Metro)|Muranów]], two stations omitted from the original plan to reduce cost that were to be built by 2009;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.waw.pl/page.php?id=223 |title=Metro Warszawskie |access-date=2009-02-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202164749/http://www.metro.waw.pl/page.php?id=223 |archive-date=2009-02-02 }}</ref>
* extension of the M2 line, with the [[Lazurowa metro station|Lazurowa]], [[Chrzanów metro station|Chrzanów]], and [[Karolin metro station|Karolin]] metro stations, as well as the new [[STP Karolin| Karolin Depot]]. This section is set to be completed in 2026;
*the [[M3 (Warsaw)|M3]] line set to begin construction in 2028. The first section from [[Stadion Narodowy metro station|Stadion Narodowy]] to [[Gocław, Warsaw|Gocław]] is planned to be completed by 2032.

== Reception ==
In 2009, the Warsaw Metro won two "Metro Award" prizes in the categories of "Special Merit Award for Commitment to the Environment" and "Best Maintenance Programme". These were followed by the Most Improved Metro award in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=the big idea - The Metros Awards |url=http://www.terrapinn.com/awards/the-metros/winners.stm |access-date=13 April 2016 |work=The Metros Awards}}</ref>  The system consistently receives very high ratings among its passengers; a survey conducted in September 2014 indicated that 98% of the respondents rated it as good or very good.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 23, 2014 |title=Pasażerowie zadowoleni z metra. Mamy wyniki najnowszych badań |url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/warszawa/pasazerowie-zadowoleni-z-metra-mamy-wyniki-najnowszych-badan/49l9q |access-date=2014-09-07 |website=Onet.pl |language=pl |archive-date=2016-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423115608/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/warszawa/pasazerowie-zadowoleni-z-metra-mamy-wyniki-najnowszych-badan/49l9q |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Network map==
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== See also ==
* [[Transport in Poland]]
* [[Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
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== References ==
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;Bibliography
* {{cite book | title =Studia i projekty metra w Warszawie; 1928-1958 | year =1962 | editor =Jan Rossman | editor-link =Jan Rossman | page =391 | publisher =Arkady | location =Warsaw }}

== External links ==
{{Commons and category}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Official website|http://metro2.ztm.waw.pl|Construction the second line of Warsaw Metro – official website}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pl/war/warszawa.htm Warsaw at UrbanRail.net]
* [https://www.metrolinemap.com/metro/warsaw/ Warsaw Metro Map]
* [http://www.metro.civ.pl/ Warsaw Metro fan site and discussion forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420124629/http://www.metro.civ.pl/ |date=2009-04-20 }} {{in lang|pl}}
* [http://public-transport.net/metro/Warschau/ pictures of Warsaw Metro] {{in lang|en|de}}
* [http://culture.pl/en/article/stations-as-canvas-painting-the-warsaw-metro Stations as Canvas: Painting the Warsaw Metro]

;Videos
* [http://tvpw.pl/videos/39/?lng=en Television TVPW] - The Information Movie about Warsaw Metro system (production: TVPW) {{in lang|pl}}
* [http://tvpw.pl/videos/40/?lng=en Television TVPW] - Relation of opening the "Słodowiec" station (production: TVPW) {{in lang|pl}}
* [http://tvpw.pl/videos/153/?lng=en Television TVPW] - The movie about building the metro in Warsaw from the beginning to the end (production: TVPW) {{in lang|pl}}
* [http://tvpw.pl/videos/157/?lng=en Television TVPW] - The interview with Robert Jaryczewski - the best metro driver of the world in 2008 (production: TVPW) {{in lang|pl}}
* [http://tvpw.pl/videos/176/?lng=en Television TVPW] - The movie about signaling in metro in Warsaw (production: TVPW) {{in lang|pl}}

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